Ozires,

Not sure about the gold as I could not locate the ship's manifest. A few links that you might be interested in:

[seanmunger.com]

[www.sharkattackfile.net]

[nineteenkeys.blogspot.com]

[www.nytimes.com]
(seems like project Orca was a sketchy enterprise)

[www.nytimes.com]

[books.google.com]

-- Regards,
Ken Deshaies
Newton, New Hampshire